Clothes-frame



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CLOTHES- `Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE B. EXTER- MAN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tipping Clothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,`reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, represents a perspective view, and Fig. 2, a vertical section through the apparatus.

My invention consists in the manner in which I have arranged and combined the several operating parts as hereinafter stated, with a stand or post, so that the weight of the frame that supports the clothes shall come upon the top of the post, and so that said frame may be readily raised or lowered by a device that keeps it at all times under the control of the operator, and requires but little motion or power to raise or lower it, as will be explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A, represents a post, which may be set into, or stand properly supported on the ground. B, is a cast iron cap that fits over the top of said post and protects it from the weather, as well as prevents it from splitting or decay. Onv this metal cap is cast a journal a., for supporting the clothes frame. C, is a second cast iron piece, which is arranged upon the journal a, so that it may readily move thereon when desired. The upper portion (b) of this piece C, is in the form of a journal, and its lower portion (c), forms a segmental rack or gear, as seen in Fig. l. D, is another cast piece, which has a hub l at its center which fits over the journal Z). From its central portion extend, at right angles to each other, four hollow arms E, E E E, that are to receive the wooden rails F F, F, F, that are to contain or hold the clothes. More or less FRAME.

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of these arms or rails may be used, if found desirable.

On the post A, is pivoted at c, a lever Gr, the upper end of which is furnished with a segmental gear f, that takes into and operates the segmental gear o. The lower end g of this lever G passes through a cast iron are I, furnished with teeth or stops, l, 2, 3, &c, into which said lower end g,'will catch, and thus hold the top frame either horizontal, or at any desired angle within the scope, of the two segmental gears c, The lever Gr, is so hung that if its lower end be drawn out from the stops, and let go, the frame with the clothes upon it could not drop over or fall, as the lever the moment itjis released takes into the first one of the stops, and there holds the frame rmly.

The advantage of the segmental gear is twofold-first; the frame can be raised and lowered through a greater extent of motion, by less motion of the end g of the lever, than by the other known and used means. And secondly it is a source of so much power that, a female or even a child, may raise or lower the frame when filled with clothes, and with the greatest ease. The cap also, which forms the support for the frame, fitting over and entirely covering' the top of the post, brings the weight directly upon the top of the post, instead of on its side as heretofore, and both protects the post from decay, and from splitting, thus making an exceedingly strong, durable, cheap, and eliicient apparatus for its purpose.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention what I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isW The combination of the stationary top support B, with the movable partsD, G, when operated through the segmental racks c, f, and arranged for the purpose of formj ing a tipping clothes-drier frame, substantially as herein set forth.

L. B. WATERMAN. Witnesses A. B. SToUGHToN, THos. I-I. UPPERMAN. 

